Fourty one South Korean players have been handed worldwide life time bans following a match-fixing scandal in the country’s K-League, world governing body Fifa said on Wednesday.
The 41, charged after a domestic match-fixing investigation dating back to 2011, received lifetime bans from all football activity by the K-League and the Korea Football Association’s disciplinary committee with Fifa’s disciplinary committee extended the sanctions to have worldwide effect.
South Korean sport has been marred by match-fixing allegations in professional soccer, volleyball and baseball, forcing the government to make a decision.
K-League Cup competition in February was scrapped by soccer officials as part of the sweeping changes brought in to avoid an occurance of last year’s match-fixing scandal.
Ten other players involved in match-fixing were given worldwide bans by Fifa in June while in March; South Korea’s volleyball association banned 11 players for life in a bid to curb corruption in domestic sport and this curb should and would send a warning to other countries in the world of sports.
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